Eagle Landing Park is a small six-acre park, in a quiet
residential neighborhood. It opened on June 15th, 2005, and it is located
at the west end of SW 149th Street, where it meets 25th Ave SW, in Burien.
The walk from the parking lot to the beach is about a quarter of a mile,
dropping 275 feet in elevation. Open 8:00 AM to dusk.

The goal of the park is to provide visitors with an intimate experience
of
nature close to an urban center. Instead of driving for an hour to feel at
home in the woods, you can have this experience within walking distance of City
Hall. The park feels much larger than it is (it's roughly the same size as Lake
Burien School Park) because the trees screen out the surrounding homes and
provide the illusion of endless forest.

Adding to the
impression of untamed wilderness are the screams of
the eagles, who have been nesting in a tree in the middle of the park since
1989. The park is home to over fifty species of native plants,
and volunteers are working to remove invasive plants such as ivy and reintroduce more species
of native plants. Visitors have seen woodpeckers, hawks, raccoons, otters
and foxes, and you may see these creatures if you keep your dog on a leash and
walk quietly along the trail.

Eagle Landing Park is an escape from hectic urban living, but
like the Trillium pictured above, it is a fragile beauty dependent on the good
will of visitors to remain unspoiled.